Nathan Collins

Managing Editor & News Center Lead

Nathan runs the news center for SLAC, which he joined in 2020 after three years at the Stanford News Service. Before that, he spent two and a half years at Pacific Standard covering social science, climate change and a host of other topics every weekday. He holds degrees in physics from the University of Washington and MIT and a PhD in political science from Stanford.

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News Feature

Rebecca Leane and colleagues showed dark matter could heat planets in our galaxy to incredible temperatures. Here, she explains how that works and how...

News Brief

Two groups of researchers drew on SLAC tools to better understand how to target a key part of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Illustration of SARS-CoV-2, a round ball with spikes.

News Feature

For the first time, DES scientists can combine measurements of the distribution of matter, galaxies, and galaxy clusters to advance our understanding of dark...

A map of the sky showing the density of galaxy clusters, galaxies and matter

News Feature

SSRL and LCLS scientists will help visiting research teams solve their experimental challenges, then apply what they’ve learned to help others work more efficiently.